From opb.org:
Wildlife officials on Monday confirmed the deaths of six wolves in northeastern Washington were due to poison.
“This unfortunate incident involving the death of six wolves is being investigated and being taken extremely seriously due to the nature of the crime, the extent of the animals that were poached,” said Becky Elder, Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police communications consultant.
From The Denver Post:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are investigating the death of 18 cow calves killed near Meeker as a possible wolf attack, which could mean that new wolves have migrated into the state.
Currently the only confirmed wolf pack in Colorado lives in North Park near Walden, though officials lost track of those eight wolves this summer. Another pack lived in Moffat County but also went missing with at least one expert suspecting they were killed.
From The Oregonian:
Wolves from two packs in northeast Washington state have attacked more cattle, prompting the Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider whether to again try culling the Smackout pack after a botched attempt last month.
Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed Thursday that the Smackout pack wounded a calf in a private Stevens County pasture, the Capital Press reported. Officials said the pack also injured a calf Monday and probably attacked another on Sept. 26.
From the Coloradoan:
Colorado can avoid costly mistakes made by Western states that previously reintroduced wolves if it sticks to fact, not fiction.
That’s according to renowned wolf biologist Diane Boyd. The Montana-based retired wolf expert outlined lessons learned based on 40 years of extensive research from across the country to help Colorado wildlife leaders plan and manage wolf reintroduction in her recently released report titled “Lessons Learned to Inform Colorado Wolf Reintroduction and Management.”
From WJFW.com in Wisconsin:
(WJFW) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the USDA Wildlife Services have confirmed that wolves have killed four trailing hounds over the weekend and injured five others.
In a press release, wolves killed one Plott trailing hound and injured a different Plott trailing hound in the Town of Wolf River on Saturday.
From Scientific American:
The red wolf once roamed a huge swath of the eastern United States. The historic range of these rust-colored canines stretched from Long Island across to Missouri and down to the Texas-Mexico border. But by 1972 the population was reduced to only roaming a small area along the Gulf coast due to habitat loss and hunting.
To conserve the species, 14 individuals were captured as part of a breeding program. In 1980 their wild relatives were declared extinct—the captured wolves were all that was left.
From Yahoo.com:
Experts say it is the first footage of a mom and pup foraging for blueberries that they’re award of.
From NMPoliticalReport.com:
Wildlife advocates are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging that the revised management plan for the Mexican wolf fails to protect the wild canine.
In a suit filed Monday, the advocates—Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, New Mexico Wilderness Association, Wildlands Network, WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project—argued that the plan fails to promote genetic diversity, and leaves the wolf vulnerable to humans.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The population of gray wolves in Wisconsin was estimated at 972 last winter, a year-over-year decrease of 14%, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
The number of wolf packs was down too, from 292 in 2020-21 to 288 in 2021-22 and the average pack size dropped from 3.8 to 3.2, respectively.
From DailyFly.com:
(The Center Square) – Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind has authorized lethal removal of one or two wolves from the Leadpoint pack to stop repeated attacks on cattle in Stevens County.
The agency has confirmed three kills and two injuries of livestock grazing on private lands in the last 30 days. The number of depredations triggers a hunt under the state’s wolf management plan.
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.